Bhubaneswar: In a remarkable display of medical prowess, the department of paediatric surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar has achieved a monumental success by saving the life of a 1.1 kg low-birth weight newborn afflicted with duodenal atresia, an exceptionally rare condition. Upon admission to AIIMS Bhubaneswar Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the baby was in critical …
LONDON — Roy Calne, a pioneer of organ transplantation who led Europe’s first liver transplant operation in 1968, has died aged 93. In 1960, Calne’s dog experiments demonstrated for the first time that a drug could fend off organ rejection. In May 1968, Calne led a transplant operation on a 46-year-old woman with liver cancer, at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. …
Gastric/stomach cancer is the 4th most common cancer in India and the 3rd most common cancer in men. Unfortunately, more than 50 per cent of patients with gastric cancer are diagnosed in advanced stages when curative intent surgery is not possible, hence according to Dr Shikhar Kumar, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad it is very important to stay aware …
Doctors from a southern Chinese hospital removed something unusual from a man's intestines: a 14-centimetre-long toothbrush he swallowed 20 years ago. The No.3 People's Hospital of Shenzhen in Guangdong province said it was among the most bizarre items doctors have found in a patient's entrails, along with nails, coins and lighters. The patient, a 51-year-old man surnamed Li, was admitted …
The Jammu and Kashmir Police inspector Arshad Ahmed Khan who took bullet to his chest succumbed to his injury on Sunday. Arshad, was killed when he stepped out of his armoured vehicle when a bullet fired by lone fidayeen ricocheted from his service rifle hitting him on chest last week. Governor Satya Pal Malik also expressed grief over the sad …
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